With this new approach, a tailsitter aircraft, ideal for search-and-rescue missions, can plan and execute complex, high-speed acrobatic maneuvers.

A new AI-based approach for controlling autonomous robots satisfies the often-conflicting goals of safety and stability.

A new Jell-O-like material could replace metals as electrical interfaces for pacemakers, cochlear implants, and other electronic implants.

A study inspired by the Japanese paper-cutting art provides a blueprint for designing shape-shifting materials and devices.

A new system enables makers to incorporate sensors into gears and other rotational mechanisms with just one pass in a 3D printer.

A new algorithm for automatic assembly of products is accurate, efficient, and generalizable to a wide range of complex real-world assemblies.

This computational tool can generate an optimal design for a complex fluidic device such as a combustion engine or a hydraulic pump.

Writing for The Hill, Prof. Daniela Rus, director of CSAIL, explores how automation could ease the supply chain crisis. “Automation in these settings doesn’t mean replacing employees, but developing more robust inventory management software and using systems like scanners and conveyors that make our jobs easier,” writes Rus. “This would enable warehouse workers to focus on other more detail-oriented roles, from overseeing the operation of forklifts to improving the efficiencies of distribution centers.”